Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

For every way that the web has improved life, it has also made things more complicated, frustrating and dangerous..

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

The world wide web is celebrating its twentieth birthday. Over those last two decades, the web has changed the way society works, plays, and interacts..

Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last week, you've witnessed the wholesale hysteria being launched over the recent Swine Flu outbreak..

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.

Slamming Michael Moore is not company policy.

Every day it gets hard and harder to keep up. Here is a list of 10 handy tools for increasing workplace efficiency.

Ever wondered which of your favourite Sci-fi films still holds up? Ian Thomson and Shaun Nichols looked at classics such as Jurrassic Park, War Games and The Matrix and found a few surprsies..

Maybe Apple staff are better than your average PC support minion? A US survey seems to back it up, saying Apple tech support manage to solve almost 80% of your problems.

University falls behind the times.

Dump BFRs and PVCs in 60 days or face legal action.

Will Redmond take over from SCO?.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.